Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 69922
Meat: Port of Dover
Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of checks for illegally imported meat at the Port of Dover.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerDefra is working closely with the Home Office and the Food Standards Agency to tackle this issue with the support of Border Force, Port Health Authorities and local authorities, to ensure that operations around illegal meat imports are as efficient as pos...
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